Igor was arrested in September 2011. He is accused of having participated in a
fight on the 4th of July 2010, during which the audience of a punk hardcore
concert dispersed a band of nationalists, who had come in order to kill and maim
concert guests. Igor, however, did not take part in the fight - plenty of those
present at the concert have given testimony, that during the fight Igor was
performing in the concert. The whole case against Igor relies exclusively
on the testimony of failed "race warriors", V. Sumin and
V. Zhidousouv.

The true reason for the arrest of Kharchenko is an attempt by Moscow
investigators to take revenge on their failure to jail anyone for the action by anti-fascists against the Khimki city administration on the 28th of July 2010.
Igor's co-accused is Denis Solopov, one of the "Khimki hostages", who has received refugee
status in Western Europe after UNCHR recognised, that the police
investigation on the Khimki case was carried out with various violations,
for example confessions gained through use of torture. Moscow investigators
ignored the fact, that during this fight Solopov was in Turkey, which is
confirmed by the stamps in his passport, and plenty of eye-witnesses.

The investigation also attempts to indict Kharchenko for "organising of
an extremist community," according to statute 282.1 of the Russian criminal
codex.

Butyrka prison has also a form, which you may use in order to send letters:
http://wr1.fsin-service.ru/Letter-Client/main.html#new_letter
However, this form is only in Russian and paying for the service
(minimal payment is around 1.20 euros) requires either a Russian bank
account or account in some internet payment system, common in Russia
(such as yandex.dengi or webmoney). In form, you must indicate year of
birth of Kharchenko - 1991.